GeForce GTX 570 vs GeForce GTX 980

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce GTX 980, which features core speeds of 1126 MHz on the GPU, and 1750 MHz on the 4096 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 2048 SPUs along with 128 TAUs and 64 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Benchmarks

These are real-world performance benchmarks that were submitted by Hardware Compare users. The scores seen here are the average of all benchmarks submitted for each respective test and hardware.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

GeForce GTX 980		13552 points
GeForce GTX 570		4387 points
	Difference: 9165 (209%)

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

GeForce GTX 980		20 Mh/s
GeForce GTX 570		13 Mh/s
	Difference: 7 (54%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 980		165 Watts
GeForce GTX 570		219 Watts
	Difference: 54 Watts (33%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce GTX 980 should theoretically be a lot superior to the GeForce GTX 570 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 980		224000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 570		152000 MB/sec
	Difference: 72000 (47%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 980 will be quite a bit (about 228%) better at AF than the GeForce GTX 570. (explain)

GeForce GTX 980		144128 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 570		43920 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 100208 (228%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 980 should be much (about 146%) more effective at anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 570, and should be able to handle higher resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce GTX 980		72064 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 570		29280 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 42784 (146%)

Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card can possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.